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Elections in Vermont |
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The 1824 Vermont gubernatorial election took place in September and October, and resulted in the election of Cornelius P. Van Ness to a one-year term as governor. [1]
The Vermont General Assembly met in Montpelier on October 14. [1] The Vermont House of Representatives appointed a committee to review the votes of the freemen of Vermont for governor, lieutenant governor, treasurer, and members of the governor's council. [1] Democratic-Republican Cornelius P. Van Ness was the only major candidate. [1] The committee determined that Van Ness had easily won a second one-year term against only token opposition. [1]
In the election for lieutenant governor, the committee determined that Democratic-Republican Aaron Leland had won election to a third one-year term against only scattering opposition. [1] A Vermont newspaper reported the results as: Leland, 14,166 (98.4%); scattering, 220 (1.6%). [2]
Benjamin Swan was unopposed for election to a one-year term as treasurer, his twenty-fifth. [1] Though he had nominally been a Federalist, Swan was usually endorsed by the Democratic-Republicans and even after the demise of the Federalists he was frequently unopposed. [3] Vermont newspapers indicated that the results were: Swan, 12,743 (99.9%); scattering, 14 (0.1%). [2]
In the race for governor, the results of the popular vote were reported as follows. [1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic-Republican | Cornelius P. Van Ness (incumbent) | 13,413 | 85.3% | ||
Democratic-Republican | Joel Doolittle | 1,962 | 12.5% | ||
Scattering | 346 | 2.2% | |||
Total votes | 15,721 | 100% |